Towboat GINNY STONE Pushing 49 Barges!

[@supercuda1950]

In my younger years in an act (one of many) of stupidity I attempted to "surf" my runabout in the wake of a barge. I thought I could get on top of the wave and just keep surfing. Unfortunately, I came down the frontside and water came crashing over the bow. It had so much force that it broke the windshield off my boat. The boat almost sank but pulling the drain plug at speed quickly drained the water out. Understand that I was about 500 feet back and the boat still produced this much turbulance. I have since seen people attempt the same thing with a jetski with not much better results. This is your brain on drugs! Seriously, I did this stone cold sober. Just a heads up. Respect these huge and powerful boats and don't be stupid like I was. Great video; it just brought back memories of my nightmare.

[@mybirds2525]

Lashed together this is a displacement of 900,000 tons. This is nearly 3 times the largest ocean freighter ever. People don't realize the size of Mississippi River traffic. It is simply amazing.

[@АлексейАлешин-о8б]

You were very wrong about 900,000 tons

[@martybunyan12]

No music needed. Beautiful!!

[@BowzerTowboats]

Thanks so much Marty!

[@LadyMarie880]

Very pleasant to watch thanks Bowzer

[@the209jungalist]

Thank you for sharing this gorgeous tugboat and the giant load that it is very capable of maneuvering through the river. I think you did a fantastic job, I loved seeing in the end how the tugboat was secured to the many barges. You also appear to be a very talented drone driver! Keep up the great videos!

[@williamgarden3209]

Great lash-up & video. Damn video pirates!!! Thanks for posting.

[@BowzerTowboats]

Thanks for watching!

[@toddr.4630]

Great job 👍, and thanks for leaving the music out, very nice 👍✌️

[@tylerkeppler4646]

Prayers to the deck crew! Lmao

[@RalphSpoiledsport]

I've worked on those! Thanks for the fantastic video.

[@davidschick6951]

5:08 and later- I'm always amazed at the wakes those towboats leave. With all that tonnage, whoever that skipper is would have to get all the way into those diesels and stand on them in order to get anything done.

[@lynadams2220]

Nothing like a "Lady" to get the job done!! ☺️💕

[@MarkShepard]

Hey it was great to see it! love the fast speed at the end and the editing! it was kind of cool to have no music and no V/O or intro. just an opportnity to see through your eyes a glimpse of summer river... and a LOT of barges.

[@BowzerTowboats]

Thanks so much Mark! That is almost 8 acres of barges!

[@earlwright9715]

Looked like alot were empty, am i right? I dont think people understand how much material and weight those barges can hold. That's a huge tow boat and the first one with 49 I've ever seen. Most I've ever seen on the river i live on is like 12. Big warrior river in Alabama

[@ragnarsbrother6049]

prefer it without recorded music anyway...let the diesels make the music

[@robertmoore1839]

Music to my ears! 🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@kengamble8595]

DANG! Now that's some hoss power there ! Had a chance to go to work on a boat out of Memphis many years ago and turned it down...... dam girlfriends anyway ! I should have took the job and turned down the girl ! 😊 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@TheWaterbug101]

Nice video! Forty-nine jumbo barges cover over 7 acres of territory. It appears that triple screw boats are being phased out as diesel engines increase in horsepower.

[@spartan0738]

Holy smokes! I bet it'd damn near take a whole watch to check tow on that many acres

[@alexaltrichter1597]

One hellava push, up hill too!

[@BowzerTowboats]

You know that's right!

[@Sven_Okas1967]

that's what I call inland waterway transport. with us they look like toys on the other hand. greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

[@satagiuricici8382]

Love it I used to work for Artco-ADM years ago on this we called “Big Boys” 10500HP on South Mississippi !!!

[@BowzerTowboats]

Oh ya

[@erikb8877]

Why does it sound like this thing has Roots blowers? Can't be a 10 5 without turbo 645's.

[@newman_LaRue_Jr]

I tripped on her in 90 my regular was Coop Spirit anther 10,500 . I started with Agi - Trans I was with them 15 years and I have tripped on all of Arco boats.

[@neillsmart213]

Had similar issues when I have recorded funerals for people to watch later on youtube - old hymns sung still get the copyright notice :( Great video thanks :)

[@BowzerTowboats]

Lol Thanks much!

[@RVJimD]

Cool, not sure I had seen that one anyhow? Love the sound of the boat! Ya, the music thing bugs me. I occasionally get that when I leave the MP3 player on in the background, I took one down because of it. It was hardly recognizable, damn computers.

[@BowzerTowboats]

I am surprised on how they do that! Thanks!

[@michelleharlin1451]

My daddy was her captain. Rest in Peace "Gator" McCluskey. ❤️

[@TheMrdavidlangley]

Awesome shot of the sun. Looks like Spring came quick up there. lol! I have had the same problem with one of my videos. My camera had picked up the music playing from my headphones. A copyright holder made a legitimate claim. So I muted the video. And that didn't remedy the situation at all. Hmmmmm. I don't understand why it failed to work. The entire video is silent. I'm thinking about doing the same thing... delete the video and re-upload an edited version. Thanks Bowzer. Another fantastic video. Great stuff!

[@BowzerTowboats]

Yes I killed the audio and still could not monetize it so I deleted it lol at the time I deleted it it had almost 40k views.

[@cds957]

Hi Bowzer, what kind of diesels does the Ginny Stone have?

[@Hail2Pitt412]

3 EMD 645’s producing 9,000hp.

[@rickygreer7288]

Hey Bowzer do a couple of these with the Zydeco music..Just seem,s to go really good with these big lower river line boats...

[@BowzerTowboats]

I would love to do more of that it's that darn copyright problem where someone else gets all the proceeds from your video. I mean they don't even split it, they get 100% not really fair.

[@rickygreer7288]

@@BowzerTowboats Oh wow I had no idea...That ain't worth a Damn...

[@BowzerTowboats]

@@rickygreer7288 Oh by the way you did see this one didn't you? I did manage not to lose this one somehow. Crank it up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIS6e2mIh5d6mrs

[@rickygreer7288]

@@BowzerTowboats That,s Awesome buddy thanks..I,m the Engineer on the Jack James.I,ve had that ole brown water flowing through my veins for close to 30 years now....

[@Bob.W.]

Equivalent of big bulk carrier. Impressive tow.

[@captaindonau701]

What for L and B has je barge?

[@mikep.541]

Real pain in the ass to lock through. Must take hours.

[@michaelcoker3197]

BIG towboat!

[@judyvance4580]

Maybe ask freewayjim how he handles the music copyrights on his videos. Heck, 49 barges is good video with or without music.

[@BowzerTowboats]

Thanks man!

[@gdogkeepemrolling3257]

Woulda hated to build that damn tow

[@wms1650]

@Gdog Keep'em Rolling I agree with you. I worked for Brent Towing, 1973, 1976-1977, we pushed mostly fertilizer and chemicals for Union Carbide. The chemical barges usually had wenches on each corner. Some of the USL barges had notches that helped with tow make up. We always hated when the CORP. OFFICE would call for grain barge pick up. No wenches and my memory the grain barges had very little attachment points like those double buttons and I think "cavels"? Anyway a whole tow of grain barges would be a huge amount of work for sure.

[@chasedean8584]

As being a fleet hand I can say its not that bad

[@mikeristow9150]

Working on the minnesota river, the most I’ve ever seen is 3 in a row🤣

[@scottallred3941]

Back in late 70’s to mid 80’s m/v miss kay d pushed 73 barges northbound

[@HellenKillerProject]

Those are mostly empty and not against stream. I hated working on rigs like this. To go through a lock you run the barges to shore, disconnected them and bring two or three through. Push them up to shore. and go back through to get the next batch. Every time you had this pita it rained. Oil barges were worst because they are slippery and .. the oil floats on top of the water on the wet deck and the beck is really hard. I've run all the way around the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast. Then started moving rigs from place to place around and other barges a lot nicer than the oil barges. Coolest thing is being out and it is like a door as you cross the gulf. It is freezing and in a minute it is summer. Another thing is that the ocean behind you glows for miles where you have harassed the little creatures chilling in the water.

[@cavemanballistics6338]

Who wants to hear music anyway? I only watch to hear the engines. If the videos have music I change the channel!

[@csoacomputers]

Go Bowzer

[@BowzerTowboats]

Thanks Paul!

[@josebeneditocamposcruz1306]

Quantos HP tem este towboat

[@newman_LaRue_Jr]

10,500

[@Syntaxter]

Es geht um die Technik. Wozu der Diesel in der Lage ist. Hat Außenborder.! Auf dem Rhein ist bei 3-9 ende. Infrastruktur

[@matthewlarsen1573]

Off to China we go...

[@brianblackann329]

Yeah 16 of them are load the rest are empties

[@BowzerTowboats]

They push a lot of empties north it seems.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

8400 hp, built 1974, apparently 3 main engines, 3-screw. NOT a "towboat", but a "tugboat", specifically a "pusher tug"- std terminology.

[@antoniacampos8895]

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